Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1985

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	529
2	Christopher	484
3	Michael	410
4	James	375
5	Matthew	374
6	Brandon	349
7	Justin	292
8	David	287
9	John	252
10	Robert	244
11	Joseph	239
12	Jason	223
13	William	221
14	Andrew	213
15	Daniel	212
16	Jonathan	210
17	Adam	195
18	Jeremy	185
19	Ryan	179
20	Charles	164
20	Timothy	164
22	Steven	158
23	Brian	157
24	Eric	156
25	Anthony	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Zachary	135
27	Aaron	127
28	Richard	115
29	Nicholas	114
30	Mark	112
31	Dustin	104
32	Travis	101
33	Benjamin	96
34	Kevin	95
35	Thomas	93
36	Jeffrey	92
36	Nathan	92
38	Patrick	86
39	Shawn	77
40	Chad	75
41	Stephen	73
42	Jacob	71
43	Kenneth	69
44	Paul	68
45	Gregory	67
46	Derek	66
46	Kyle	66
48	Shane	65
49	Scott	63
50	Bradley	61
50	Jesse	61
52	Bryan	59
52	Donald	59
54	Tyler	56
55	Cody	54
55	Nathaniel	54
57	Samuel	52
58	Jared	50
59	Gary	48
60	Sean	46
61	Terry	42
62	Corey	40
63	Derrick	36
63	Douglas	36
63	Larry	36
66	Roger	35
66	Ronald	35
68	Casey	33
68	Jeffery	33
68	Jeremiah	33
68	Seth	33
72	Carl	32
72	Jordan	32
74	Keith	31
74	Wesley	31
76	Billy	30
77	Edward	29
77	Joel	29
79	Jerry	28
79	Luke	28
81	Bobby	27
81	Curtis	27
83	Danny	26
83	Ricky	26
83	Roy	26
86	Ian	25
87	Alexander	24
87	Johnathan	24
87	Randy	24
87	Raymond	24
91	Phillip	23
91	Todd	23
93	Brett	22
93	Caleb	22
93	Cory	22
93	Craig	22
93	Philip	22
93	Randall	22
99	Brent	21
99	Evan	21
99	Lucas	21